When
life gives you lemons – make pie! Yummy
lemon meringue pie, it’s one of my favourite ways of getting rid of surplus egg
whites and lemons.
2019
is going to be a year of ‘lemons’ but not according to those subscribing to the
pre-Brexit Hamster List phenomena that’s currently sweeping the internet. Since most lemons come from abroad then after
Brexit these could be harder to find than El Dorado. Better to start stockpiling now or face a
lemon meringue pie drought later on.
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| Make pie not war |
Only
3 weeks into the year and I already feel the need for pie, lots and lots of
it. Could this sudden urge to throw myself
face down in a bowl full of caster sugar be due to our new office computer
system going live last week? Or is it
that general wintry despondency that sets in after Christmas? I’ve often wondered why technical
implementation is referred to as ‘go live’ when shortly afterwards users mostly
lose the will to live as they realise their new bit of kit is about as effective
as a non-perforated teabag.
Although
I’m a January baby, it’s got to be the longest, most boring and exasperating
month of the year. Thirty one days of
self-flagellation to atone for a lifetime of over-indulgence and inactivity. Basically the same farce year on year. Even our resident squirrel’s doing Dry
January.
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| Beer anyone? |
I
vote that we should all do the opposite of what everyone else is doing with
their January. Let’s spend the month
drinking like fishes, feasting like gluttons whilst dancing naked round a large
polluting bonfire of burning spandex sportswear. Now that’s the way to really kick off a new
year!
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| January? I think I'll just give it a miss |
